Making viewports from objects

- [Voiceover] We're still in the 04_Viewports.dwg file,…and you're following along with your saved version,…your local version that you've downloaded…from the lynda.com Exercise Files.…Now I've deliberately left the drawing…in the same layout tab that we were using…in the previous video,…which is the STAIR A layout tab,…bottom left corner of the screen,…and I'm in the layout tab on the ribbon…because I'm working with my layout viewport.…Now in the previous two videos,…we looked at clipping a viewport…to make it into a different shape,…which is our rectangular one here,…and then in the video before that,…we did a polygonal viewport in the irregular space as well.…

Now the other really neat feature…with viewports in AutoCAD is the ability…to create a viewport from any object.…And it's really rather useful.…You can have circular viewports.…You can have ellipsoidal viewports.…So what we're going to do just for a little bit of fun…is we're going to delete this viewport here.…So if I click on it like that…and just hit the delete key on the keyboard,…

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4/19/2016

When it comes to CAD, "plotting" refers to everything around printing and page setup, while "publishing" refers to electronic output. These techniques are intertwined in AutoCAD. The goal of both is to clearly communicate design intent to the contractors, architects, and engineers involved in the project. Watch this course to learn how to plot and publish your own drawings effectively, using the appropriate tools and settings within AutoCAD 2016. Shaun Bryant covers scaling views, customizing page setups for layouts, and assigning plot styles to change the appearance of your drawings when they go to plot or publish. He also shows how to adjust individual settings in the Plot and Publish dialogs, so that you end up with smart, readable printouts, DWFs, and PDFs.